Time Out: Retrospective on Pre-Fab Homes at MOMA

What does the presence of manufactured housing tell us about America? What does it show us about a shelter? What makes an ideal home? How do those questions and their answers change over time?

These are some of the things that the curators of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) have attempted to ask in their latest exhibition. It is an exploration in to pre-fabricated houses.

“Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling” shows about 80 different homes or models of homes.

A set of pictures in the New York Times shows off a few of them. One home is made of cellophane with some girders and basic frames. The idea is to allow surroundings to change the home over time. The show also includes the System3 design, as well as microcompact homes, and a section on recovery work in New Orleans.

The show runs from July 20th to October 20th.